Sex and drugs in popular movies: An analysis of the top 200 films

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 98, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 464-470

  Gunasekera, Hasantha ^a,b,d   Chapman, Simon ^b   Campbell, Sharon ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; ILLICIT DRUG;

ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIRTH CONTROL; CONDOM; DATA BASE; DRUG USE; HUMAN; INTERNET; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SMOKING;

EID: 27144534530     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jrsm.98.10.464     Document Type: Review

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